Enhancing Teaching and Learning
We provide institutions with evidence-based resources and guidance to strengthen teaching and learning strategies. Our support ensures universities meet their own strategic priorities while responding to the evolving expectations of students.
Transforming education for tomorrow
Higher education faces complex challenges that demand innovative solutions:
- Digital transformation
Rapid adoption of technology requires new teaching methods and flexible learning environments. - Student mental health
Global uncertainties have intensified wellbeing concerns, making mental health support essential. - Financial pressures
Institutions must balance sustainability with resource allocation. - Inclusive education
Diverse student populations call for equitable and accessible learning approaches. - Employability expectations
Students, employers, and governments seek stronger links between education and career readiness. - AI and academic integrity
Emerging technologies introduce integrity challenges that require creative responses. - Flexibility and rigor
Educators must maintain academic standards while offering adaptable delivery models.
These interconnected issues require holistic, forward-thinking strategies from institutional leaders and educators.
Explore our insights
From imagining Block to enacting Block
Part of the Advance HE Collaborative Development Fund for 2024-25. This project showcases contemporary examples of institutional change through the lens of Block delivery, to help higher education institutions move from the conceptualisation of Block teaching, to its implementation.
Harnessing AI to Enhance Employability – A Screencast Series
Through this work, we will bring advice and perspectives from those working outside of HE on how AI is changing the world of employability, enterprise and entrepreneurship. These changes are happening now, and this work has the focus of helping your institution understand, make sense of and respond to the implications for your graduates.
Reimagining curricula across a whole institution
Part of the 2024-25 Advance HE Collaborative Development Fund, the University of Chester, and collaborative partners in the University of Hull, the University of South Wales and Southern Cross University (Australia), have developed this toolkit for reimagining curricula with the hope of supporting others to effectively and efficiently design courses to meet the complex demands being placed on higher education in the 21st century.
Our commitment to supporting institutions
We help universities worldwide to enhance teaching quality and create transformative learning experiences. Our resources empower educators to navigate change while prioritising student success.
Explore our key capabilities shaping higher education:
Meet our experts
Stuart Norton, PFHEA
Head of Educational Excellence
Stuart has over 20 years’ experience within higher education with extensive experience in designing and developing strategic, institutional-wide change. In his role as Head of Educational Excellence at Advance HE, he focuses on both thought leadership and providing evidence-based solutions to support institutions, educators and students.
Vic Stephenson
Senior Consultant – Education
Vic is a Senior Consultant at Advance HE, designing and delivering support and training on inclusive pedagogy approaches and leading a range of collaborative projects to enhance quality, student experience and outcomes. She has over 25 years of experience in education as a teacher, teacher trainer, academic manager and assessment specialist. Vic’s main interests are in international education, inclusive curricula and assessment design and technology-enhanced learning.
Professor Mark O’Hara
Senior Consultant, Education
Professor Mark O’Hara is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a National Teaching Fellow and a winner of the Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence in the UK. Mark is a former Chair of the UK’s CATE-Network and has over 30 years’ experience leading educational change in a wide variety of roles including undergraduate and postgraduate programme leadership, Head of Student Experience, Associate Dean for Learning, Teaching and Academic Quality and Associate PVC (Education).
Dr Elliott Spaeth
Senior Consultant in Inclusive Education
Dr Elliott Spaeth is a visionary leader in the field of Inclusive Practice in Higher Education, with a particular focus on empowering staff to create psychologically safe environments for disabled and/or neurodivergent students.
